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PINE GROVE II CREW Captain Patrick Ousby, left, issues instructions to a group of juvenile wards before they begin the one-hour test to qualify to be on the Cal Fire fire crew at the Bacchi Ranch in Garden Valley in April 25. Working with pick axes, rakes, and chainsaws, the wards have one hour to clear a 300 foot long, six foot wide path down to bare mineral soil.

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A Department of Corrections fire crew walk along Butts Canyon Road as firefighters continue the battle against the Butts Fire on Thursday July 3, 2014, in Pope Valley, Calif.

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